St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-15
A RTIcLEs OF INCORPORATION OF
~ The North Como Land and Improvement

A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
II The North Como Land and Improvement
Company.
The undersigned have and do by
these presents associate themselves together
for the purpose of organizing a corporation
under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and
for that purpose do hereby adopt the follow
ing articles of Incorporation:
Article 1.-The name of the corporation is
1.-THE North Como Land and improvement
Company" The general nature of its business
is buying, owning, improving, plating, leas-
ing, selling and dealing in lands, tenements
and hereditaments, real, mixed and personal
estate and property, and erecting and con-
structing, on the lands of said corporation,
dwelling houses and other buildings. erec-
tiOnS and structures. The place of transact
ing the business of the corporation is the city
of st. Paul, in the State of Minnesota.
Article 1.-THE time of the commencement
of said corporation is the 10Th day of August,
A. D. 1887, and its period of continuance is
thirty 800 years.
Article U1.-The amount of capital stock of
said corporation is one million dollars
(S1 600, ,0O0) to be issued from time to time by
the board of directors under such rules and
regulations as they may prescribe consistent
with these articles.
edneSs or liability to which said corporation
shall at any time be subject is two hundred
and fifty thousand tS250,O0O) dollars.
Article V.-The names and places of resi-
ucuCt VI tu6 ptISOuS 1OIlHluS Sulu COTpOTd-
ton are as follows. to-wit: James P. Moore,
st. Paul, Minnesota; John w. Merriam, St.
Paul, Minnesota; Leonard A. Whitney, st.
Paul. Minnesota; Edward S. Norton, St.
Paul, Minnesota; Henry NJ. Norton, st. Paul,
Minnesota; Harley G: Gage, Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Edward NJ johnson, Minneap-
oils, Minnesota.
Article VI.-The government of the corpor-
alton and the management of its affairs are
vested in a board of seven CD directors, who
after the first year, shall be elected at each
annual meeting, from and by the Stockhold-
ers of said corporation, but who shall hold
their offices until their successors are
elected and qualified.
are: James P. Moore, John W. Merriam,
Leonard A. Whitney, Edward S. Norton,
Henry NJ. Norton, Harley C. Gage
and Edward NJ. johnson. and they shall
hold their Office until the first annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the incorporation.
The executive officers of the corporation
shall be president, a Vice President, Secre-
tary and Treasurer all of whom shall be
stockholders, and after the first year shall be
elected at each annual meeting by the Board
of Directors of said corporation, and their
respective duties shall be prescribed by the
bylaws of the corporation.
Each of said executive officers may also be
one of said seven directors.
For the first year, and until their success
ors have been elected and qualified the eX-
ecutive officers of the corporation are james
P. Moore, President; Edward s. Norton, Vice
President; Henry NJ. Norton. Secre tary, and
Leonard A. Whitney, Treasurer.
The term of Office OF all directors and Off
GERS is one year, and in case there shall be a
vacancy before the time fixed for an annual
meeting in either OF the executive offices or
in the Board of Directors, the Board of Di-
rectors or the remaining members thereof
shall choose Stockholder of said corpora
ton to fill such vacancy and the person so
chosen shall hold his office until his successor
is duly elected at the following annual meet
ing.
ers and of the Board of Directors of the cor
poration shall be held ON the first Tuesday in
August, A. d. 1883. and thereafter such an
nual meetings shall be held on the first Tues
day of August in each year. The an
nual election of all directors and Off
GERS of said corporation shall be
held at such annual meetings and in
voting for such directors each share of the
stock of said corporation shall be entitled to
onevote.
make all rules, regulations and bylaws nee
essary for the government of the affairs of
the corporation and not inconsistent with
these articles.
Article vII-The number of shares of the
capital stock of the corporation is twenty
thousand GO, 0,000) and the amount of each
share is fifty $50 dollars.
In testimony whereof the undersigned have
hereunto set their hands and seals this 5th
day of August A. ID. 1887.
JAMES p MOORE, [Se0l. !
JOHN W. MERRIAM, Seal |
LEONARD A. WHITNEY, [Seal. ]
EDWARD 8. NORTON, [Seal. ]
HENRY M. NORTON, lSeal. !
HARLEY C. GAGE, [Seal. !
EDWARD NJ. JOHNSON. [Seal.l ]
Executed in the presence of:
FREDERICK NJ. CATLIN,
j r GEORGE.